Chris Larsen, co-founder of San Francisco-based technology company , and his wife Lyna Lam have donated $25 million in to a university in California, according to an official on April 5.
Larsen and Lam contributed $25 million worth of XRP to San Francisco State University’s (SFSU) College of Business through RippleWorks, a private foundation that provides practical support to promising social entrepreneurs.
The university will direct the funds to support students studying global entrepreneurial and ecosystems. According to SFSU, the donation is the largest single contribution made in to a university in the . University President Leslie E. Wong said:
“This groundbreaking gift will position the College of Business as an evolving, distinctly diverse and industry-relevant epicenter of business innovation and entrepreneurship. Chris, Lyna and Rippleworks are innovators, and their gift will inspire our students to creatively and strategically approach the business and tech landscapes to become the next generation of entrepreneurs and global business leaders.”
The move follows ’s formal social impact program dubbed “ for Good” which last September. The program was set to operate in collaboration with RippleWorks, and to pool $25 million from the firm together with $80 million in donations to invest in projects focused on and financial inclusion.
has previously made similar . Last June, the company their University Research Initiative consisting of a $50 million donation to 17 universities globally to support education in and .
In March of last year, $29 million XRP to support U.S. public schools, fulfilling funding requests from teachers via DonorsChoose charity fund. The donated money was set to equip more than 30,000 classrooms across all 50 states.
XRP is currently the third-largest in terms of market capitalization. The coin has a solid 8.32 percent over the past 24 hours at press time, and is at $0.361. Looking at the coin’s weekly chart, XRP is up by nearly 17 percent.
Published at Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:39:52 +0000
